mr. crawford: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? mr. defazio: to oppose the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. defazio: you know, we often have conflict in orged conflicts new york oregon we had a substantial conflict relating to geese. and in terms of farmers' fields. and resolution was that the birds protected by the migratory bird act would continue to be protected, but farmers would be able to hunt with the state license and i don't know about the gentleman's state whether or not state license would be required, the birds that were not migratory that were becoming pests and were resident in order protect their crops. this substantially resolved the problem. don't know if a similar fix would work here but an amendment that gives, you know, an open license on the migratory bird act which is -- has international implications, migratory bird treaty, you know, seems to be an extreme measure in this case and therefore we would oppose the amendment. i

mr. crawford, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas is recognized for one minute. mr. crawford: i want to thank chairman lucas and ranking member peterson for putting in so much hard work and dedication getting where we are today. and i echo ranking member's sentiments to the staff. thank you very much for everything that you have done. after more than three years of being involved in a farm bill process, i'm proud to support a final product that not only greatly benefits producers but deploys investments and jobs to rural america. despite our sharp regional differences we prevailed in crafting commodity programs that promote regional fairness by providing a strong safety net that protects all producers from market risk. we can finally provide relief to our cattlemen t. rural development funding will be critical. while conservation and forestry programs will preserve our natural resources for years to come. although i'm pleased with the farm bill today i'm disappointed we left import

mr. crawford: while attending arkansas university myself, i had the privilege to be in the doctor's class and i now serve on the agriculture committee in this body. i experienced the same kinds of concepts and examples i learned in dr. greenwald's classroom. thank you for and honor the service of dr. greenwald. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, last month the social security administration announced proposed to close the field office in apple hurst, new york. mr. higgins: this is ill-conceived and threatens intermall students and individuals with disabilities to access critical services. in response to this, i plan to introduce the social security administration accountability act, which would require that the social security administration provide congress and local communities with adequate notice and justification for field office closings. this bill would require that congress receive a report which includes caseload d

mr. crawford -- mr. collins: i'm aplaced that my friend across the aisle, i'm not sure when you look at the workers i've named and look at the business owners who come to my office an discuss the fact that their jobs are being lost, things are being taken because of regulatory burden, it is. the tired argument here is not the fact that -- the honest argument here is what is the role we're supposed to be doing? where is the government role that should be there, should provide good regulatory reform and i think would actually say that providing hurdles to keeping regulatory reform open. what we're saying is we want it transparent. we want businesses to be a part and have anything said less and to say again, to rehash an argument that implies that others want to breathe dirty air. to drink dirty water. and in any way harm the american people by simpley bringing sense to our regulatory process is just simply a straw man when you've got nothing else to talk about, just throw the kitchen sink at it. i yield ba

mr. crawford: thank you and thank the gentlelady and her staff for arranging this special order, to discuss this issue that we've been talking about. the egregious overreach of the environmental protection agency. i want to talk about an she's that -- an issue that's very close to you, that's near and dear to you and that you've helped me on and that's the spill containment and countermeasures issues facing the farmers across the country. we've taken action on this. if you're like me and your staff is like my staff, we feel that countless phone calls from farmers, concerned about these new rules that the e.p.a. was attempting to roll out with respect to on-farm fuel storage, at really an unmanageable level. 320 gallons was the threshold that would require that farmers have these countermeasures and for those who don't know what those are. those are burms or dykes around a storage facility that can cost tens of thousands of dollars to ag producers and farmers are not -- they may be land-rich, capital-rich, but they're not cash-rich by any stretch of the imagination. so this adds costs could